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Saint Paul was originally named Saul and persecuted Christians until his conversion experience on the road to Damascus, where he saw a vision of Jesus and became a Christian. He wrote many books of the New Testament and traveled over 10,000 miles on missionary journeys before being imprisoned and executed in Rome by beheading for preaching Christianity. Paul helped organize and spread the foundational doctrines and messages of Jesus and Christianity.

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Saint Paul was originally named Saul and persecuted Christians until his conversion experience on the road to Damascus, where he saw a vision of Jesus and became a Christian. He wrote many books of the New Testament and traveled over 10,000 miles on missionary journeys before being imprisoned and executed in Rome by beheading for preaching Christianity. Paul helped organize and spread the foundational doctrines and messages of Jesus and Christianity.

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ST.

PAUL
LUKE CRUM
CONVERSION

• Saint Paul had a very polarizing conversion story.


• He was on his way to Damascus to persecute Christians
• He fell off his horse and saw a vision of Jesus asking him
why he was persecuting Him.
• From that moment on, he became a great Christian and
one of the greatest evangelists of all time
• His name was changed to Paul
INTERESTING INFORMATION

• His name was originally Saul, but was changed to


Paul when he converted to Christianity
• Wrote 13 letters that are included as books of
the New Testament
• Made 3 missionary trips total, spanned much of
the Mediterranean and beyond
• Travelled over 10,000 miles total during his
trips.
DEATH

• Paul captured and imprisoned for


preaching the Gospel
• He was sent back to Rome for his
trial
• He should have suffered a more
painful death, but since he was a
Roman citizen, he was beheaded.
• Beheading was a more humane way
to die because it was thought to be
quick and painless
LEGACY

• Paul simplified the truths of Jesus


• True man and true God
• He organized the ideas and messages of Jesus and his followers into
the first set of doctrines.
• Future church thinkers including Thomas Aquinas based their work off
of his.
ST PAUL’S CATHEDRAL

• Cathedral in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania


• Main church of the Diocese of Pittsburgh
• Named after St. Paul
CURRENT EVENTS

• 43 AD: Rome invades Britain


• One of the farthest points the roman empire will ever reach

• 70 AD: The Temple in Jerusalem is almost completely destroyed by the Romans


• The one remaining wall is one of the holiest sites in Judaism to this day
SOURCES

• “Apostolic Beheading; the Death of Paul.” Christianity.com, 8 Apr. 2010,


www.christianity.com/church/church-history/timeline/1-300/apostolic-beheading-the-death-of-
paul-11629583.html.
• Catholic Online. “St. Paul - Saints & Angels.” Catholic Online, Catholic Online,
www.catholic.org/saints/saint.php?saint_id=91.
• "St. Paul." YourDictionary, n.d.Web. 14 December 2017.
http://biography.yourdictionary.com/st-paul
• “1st Century CE: c. 10 BCE - c. 100 - Oxford Reference.” Oxford Reference, Oxford
Reference, 24 Sept. 2013,
www.oxfordreference.com/view/10.1093/acref/9780191735448.timeline.0001

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